Blue Star Theatre Grant Recipients Round 3 Blog Posts

This post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Alley Theatre is a recipient of Blue Star Theatres grant funding to support the most recent iteration of their First Draft program, which introduced veterans to the craft of playwriting and offered participants the opportunity to tell their stories to an audience.

This post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Bedlam is a recipient of Blue Star Theatres grant funding to support Bedlam Outreach’s free Monday night classes for veterans.

This post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Target Margin Theater is a recipient of Blue Star Theatres grant funding to support various programs and workshops to introduce veterans to theatre.

This post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Young Playwrights’ Theater is a recipient of Blue Star Theatres grant funding to support its Military Child Education Coalition.

Blue Star Theatre Grant Recipients Round 2 Blog Posts

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Cape Fear Regional Theatre was the recipient of round two Blue Star Theatres grant funds supporting a production of Downrange: Voices from the Homefront.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Geffen Playhouse was the recipient of round two Blue Star Theatres grant funding supporting the Veterans Writing & Performance Workshop program.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. History Theatre was the recipient of round two Blue Star Theatre grant funding to support reduced-cost or free tickets to The Things They Carried and accompanying discussions featuring veteran Jerry Miron.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival was the recipient of round two Blue Star Theatre grant funding to support Shakespeare residencies at the US Military Academy in West Point, NY.

Blue Star Theatre Grant Recipients Round 1 Blog Posts

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. San Diego REPertory Theatre was the recipient of round one Blue Star Theatres grant funds supporting a production of Grounded.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. California Shakespeare Theater was the recipient of round one Blue Star Theatres grant funding supporting the project Land Home Hero.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Steppenwolf Theatre Company was the recipient of round one Blue Star Theatre grant funding to support their Veterans’ Night program.

This blog post is a part of series highlighting the work of recipients of TCG’s Blue Star Theatres grant program. Young Playwrights’ Theater was the recipient of round one Blue Star Theatre grant funding to support its Military Child Education Coalition.

Additional Resources for Blue Star Theatres

Some language below is adapted from the respective organizations' websites.

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) partnered with HowlRound to livestream the convening "Art in the Service of Understanding: Bridging Artists, Military, Veterans, and Civilian Communities" on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday, March 10 to Sunday, March 12. All videos have been archived on the HowlRound site.

DeCruit (created BY a veteran FOR ALL veterans) is an innovative approach which boldly integrates Veterans, Shakespeare, Theater, and Psychology to provide reintegration skills for veterans of all eras, experiences, or military occupational specialties.

This program supports the study and discussion of important humanities sources about war in the belief that these sources can help U.S. military veterans and others to think more deeply about the issues raised by war and military service.

Even after returning to the love and support of their families and communities, many who have served in the military will struggle. Physical and hidden injuries are challenging on their own, but sometimes these injuries can lead to a cascade of other trouble: unemployment, depression, substance abuse, even suicide. The Bob Woodruff Foundation's mission is to ensure injured veterans and their families are thriving long after they return home. The organization finds and funds innovative programs in communities where veterans, their families, and caregivers live and work to tackle the problems that can prevent them from fulfilling their dreams for the next chapters of their lives.

Theater of War presents readings of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes to military and civilian communities across the United States and Europe. These ancient plays timelessly and universally depict the psychological and physical wounds inflicted upon warriors by war. By presenting these plays to military and civilian audiences, Theatre of War hopes to de-stigmatize psychological injury, increase awareness of post-deployment psychological health issues, disseminate information regarding available resources, and foster greater family, community, and troop resilience.

The Veterans Writing Project believes that every veteran has a story and understands that some of us need a little help telling that story. The organization provides no-cost writing seminars and workshops for veterans, service members, and their adult family members; is building an archive of writing by members of the military community; and publishes a quarterly literary review and an ongoing scroll of writing on its sister site, O-Dark-Thirty.

Voices from War offers opportunities for expressing experiences of war through writing workshops for veterans with attention to individual stories, existing literature, and craft; builds community among veterans; and builds bridges of experience and expression between veterans and civilians by creating and nurturing wider opportunities for diverse dialogue and events.

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) supports artists with grants and professional resources; establishes vital connections among artists, arts programmers, and the public; and strengthens the region's creative economy through research that informs public policy.

The Writers Guild Foundation hosts writing workshops for military veterans in which participants are mentored by professional writers with a variety of backgrounds including television writers, screenwriters, journalists, poets, and novelists.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is bringing their 2012–2013 WRITE A PLAY Program, to select Military Bases. This in-school arts initiative, designed to inspire students to be creative and to write plays, brings to life a compilation of hilarious, heartfelt, and poignant tales written by youth and performed by a cast of professional actors. FST will tour the fall children's show, The Frog Prince, to Military Bases throughout the Southeastern United States utilizing Safari Live, a web-based educational forum. This year FST received plays from over 4,000 young playwrights in the state of Florida and around the world for the Young Playwrights Festival, which takes place each spring and culminates the program.